Selling Privately via a website is not a new concept, but local sites such as kenthouseads.co.uk are a new step in this market, the reasoning behind such a site is a majority of people move within a five mile radius of where they currently live, so it would seem sensible to have a site that caters for local people.

An excellent site well worth a visit is www.theadvisory.co.uk this site has plenty of information on selling your home privately or with an estate agent and will assist you in many ways, kenthouseads.co.uk has no connection with this site so all the information contained in their pages is independent advice.

www.suresearch.biz are another company who may be of interest to private property sellers, they are property search agents, they can help search for your new home, conduct viewings on your behalf and negotiate the best price for you, saving you time money and stress. Again they have no connection with kenthouseads but may be able to offer assistance.

www.openhomephotography.co.uk Are a company that offer a Professional photographic service for private house sellers throughout Kent, at a very reasonable price. Great photographs of your home are a sound investment, and will show off your home to its full potential. Again, the only connection between us and Open Home Photography is mutual links on our websites.

SELLING PRIVATELY - THE PROCESS 

Decide on your selling price, you probably have a good idea how much your property is worth, but you can use a company to value your home if you are unsure. Do not inflate the price, this causes some sales to fall through when the mortgage companies send out their surveyors and they say your home is worth less than you say.

Take the pictures, or instruct a company to do this for you (See above) and save these to your computer or CD.

Write the description, remember to point out the best features of your home and make your advert easy to read and understand, be truthful, buyers will be put off if you make claims about your property that are not true.

Upload your advert to kenthouseads.co.uk, for instructions on this easy process see the page: selling with KHA

Instruct a solicitor.

If you have elected for a ‘For Sale’ board, place this in a position where it will be seen by as many people as possible.

Check your emails regularly so you do not miss any enquiries from viewers.

When you receive enquiries, reply promptly and arrange viewings convenient to you both.

The viewing day is your chance to show off your home, the person coming to look is interested in your home, so make the most of it. Ask the viewer for honest feedback, this can be done through our email system if they wish.

Negotiate the price you are willing to accept for your home, you will know what a reasonable offer is and if you are not happy you can just say no. There are companies that can handle the negotiations for you or some solicitors will do this. 

When you accept an offer for your home inform your solicitor and they will make contact with the buyers solicitor.

Make arrangements for moving day, removal companies take a lot of stress away on the big day but book well in advance.